I hope Alan couldn't move because of fear of stepping on a sharp bit of vase,and not because he "COULDN'T MOVE!! My heat jumped into my throat when you said he couldn't move.

In my house, it would be me closing the windows,and if I could convince the husband to do it on my behalf, then the vase would have annoyed him and ended up in the bin.

I have a country look, to my lounge room,and on my lounge I have a country teddy bear. My husband sits on it all the time when he parks himself down on the lounge. Even though it's wearing a nice knitted jumper,and you can tell it's not actually a child's toy,but a collectable, he still sits on it and makes a mess of him.

So basically if it doesn't have a functional purpose,it may end up as "collateral damage" in my house.

If I lived on my own I might of been prone to have a collectable teddy on each chair in the house,and maybe a cat with knitted socks.

So at least he saved me from that fate!!!!